Mr. Turner

Winner
Best Actor
Cannes Film Festival
Nominee
Palme d’Or
Cannes Film Festival
Nominee
Best Cinematography
Academy Awards
Any expectations of reverential biography are quickly dispelled by Mr. Leigh's sharp, scintillating script and Mr. Spall's uncanny daring.
-- Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

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Mr. Turner

MR. TURNER explores the last quarter century of the great if eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851). Profoundly affected by the death of his father, loved by a housekeeper he takes for granted and occasionally exploits sexually, he forms a close relationship with a seaside landlady with whom he eventually lives incognito in Chelsea, where he dies. Throughout this, he travels, paints, stays with the country aristocracy, visits brothels, is a popular if anarchic member of the Royal Academy of Arts, has himself strapped to the mast of a ship so that he can paint a snowstorm, and is both celebrated and reviled by the public and royalty.

Nominated for four Oscars: Best Cinematography, Costume Design, Score and Production Design.
R
Genre
Bio-pic, Drama, History
Runtime
149
Language
English
Director
Mike Leigh
Cast
Dorothy Atkinson, Marion Bailey, Paul Jesson, Martin Savage, Ruth Sheen
Awards:
Winner, Best Actor, Cannes Film Festival
Nominee, Palme d’Or, Cannes Film Festival
Nominee, Best Cinematography, Academy Awards
Nominee, Best Costume Design, Academy Awards
Nominee, Best Music (Original Score), Academy Awards
Nominee, Best Production Design, Academy Awards
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FEATURED REVIEW
Dana Stevens, Slate

Biopics about great artists are seldom great works of art themselves. How do you show Bach tinkering idly at the keyboard, or Van Gogh chewing the end of his paintbrush at an easel, without trivializing the mysterious process by which inspiration is transmuted into creation? How do you create a ...

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